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SIMMER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Temperature just below the boiling point

Example:

the stew remained at a simmer for hours

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("simmer" is a kind of...):

temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))

Derivation:

simmer (boil slowly at low temperature)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Boil slowly at low temperature

Example:

simmering water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "simmer" is one way to...):

boil (immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs simmer the vegetables

Derivation:

simmer (temperature just below the boiling point)

simmering (cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil)

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 Context examples: 

As my train emerged from the tunnel into sunlight, only the hot whistles of the National Biscuit Company broke the simmering hush at noon.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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